I'm starting this thread now for no other reason than I'm like a crack addict in a crack house with no lighter in regards to waiting for this game. I may just go play through the Orange Box, yet again, to get my fix.

We can use this thread for updates, leaks, all that stuff until it gets here.

Valve boss Gabe Newell delivered a keynote earlier today at the Games for Change festival at New York University. As a part of the Games for Learning Day event, he focused largely on the educational benefits of games, although that didn't stop a question about Half-Life 2: Episode 3 from being asked.
It's a subject that comes up seemingly any time that a Valve employee is interviewed, and rightfully so; the episodic Half-Life games were intended to decrease the amount of time in between releases, not increase it. There was a six year gap after Half-Life was released before we saw Half-Life 2, and this October will mark four years since Episode 2. It seems like it must be coming sooner or later, but Valve is always coy about addressing the subject.

When asked when Episode 3 is coming out, Newell replied, "If you know enough to ask the question, you know enough what the answer is," Kotaku reports. So much for that "Christmas 2007" thing.

Newell also spent some time talking about Portal 2, casually mentioning that it's already sold three million units since launch. He didn't specify, but that presumably includes all platforms. It's a solid figure for a game that's only been available for two months.

A T-shirt, worn by a Valve employee, that led to rumors concerning Half-Life 3's announcement
On Thursday, December 1st, Chandana Ekanayake, part of Seattle-based game developer Uber Entertainment, saw a Valve employee wishing to remain anonymous, wearing a t-shirt saying "Half-Life 3", with an icon similar to the Half-Life 2 logo. The employee apparently "knew as much about Half-Life 3 as we do, which is absolutely nothing." [33]. Marc Laidlaw confirmed that "the T-shirt was real", but refused to comment further. [34]
On December 9th, an anonymous US-based voice actor revealed thay had recorded lines for "Half Life: Episode 3" (sic). This, combined with the then-recent previous event, leads to rumors that the next Half-Life game will be revealed at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards on December 10th. [35] However, this did not occur.

I haven't been able to play a game longer than a Madden ranked match in a looong time.
Started playing Deus Ex Human Revolution, and absolutely could not stop.
Checking out the Half-Lifes next. Never tried em'. Heard they're epic. Oh, I got Portal 2 as well. Pretty cool shit.

I haven't been able to play a game longer than a Madden ranked match in a looong time.
Started playing Deus Ex Human Revolution, and absolutely could not stop.
Checking out the Half-Lifes next. Never tried em'. Heard they're epic. Oh, I got Portal 2 as well. Pretty cool shit.

Dude you've never played the half life games? Make sure to play through half life 1...it's awesome!